jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: elaine. all along firefighters have told us there's only so much they can do. ultimately, the fate of this fire is in the hands of mother nature. and take a lk at the path those flames took. as high winds brought those flames right through the valley ripping through all this brush and vehicles before abruptly ndreds of hoin its the past few days we watched helicopters and planes douse homes with water and flame retardant with amazing effect. winds have died down giving firefighters the upper hand.ù ad relowing evaes t last night, the red cross handed out face masks and garbage bags to homeowners. and the first day of school has been pushed back a week because of poor air quality and clean-up. over 20,000 acres of land reduced to ash. now the main concern looking forward: the rainy season, and the possibly of mudslides. elaine? >> quijano: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. >>> three weeks before the start of its college football season, the university of maryland has put its head coach on adminis

jonathan vigliotti is covering the latest blaze. >> reporter: despite the all out aerial assault, the fire continues to explode in size, a fire that officials say was deliberately set. >> do you know how this fire was set? >> i have no idea. i had two earplugs in. >> eporter: that was forrest clark's explanation. thousands of homes in lake elsinore lie in fire's path. the city's mayor minced no words. >> i'm pissed, outraged, disgusted one man caused this devastation for no apparent reason. >> reporter: the only question now is how bad this will get. >> at what point is this in the hands of mother nature? >> 100%, all the time. >> reporter: the fire battalion chief said they have not caught a break. this is how quickly entire communities can be leveled when the winds change and roar into neighborhoods. it happened last month in redding and now thousands in lake elsinore brace and hope as the flames inch ever closer. >> we can't control fire. we can do our best to protect. but this is heartbreaking. >> reporter: jonathan vigliotti, cbs news. >>> well, a college basketball assistant coa

jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: a break in the weather is giving firefighters relief for the first time in 6 days. low winds - and dipping temperatures held back most of the holy fire's fury. yesterday the blaze moved in neighborhoods doublings in just 24 hours. >> it seems as soon as one fire is put out, another one starts right back up. this one being carried by the wind over this highway and up into this mountain. this area is so bone dry firefighters worry it could explode like a powder keg. >> reporter: that's exactly what happened in another valley as wind swept flames rapidly down hill. >> it came so fast it was like a tidal wave - a whole wall of acknowledge all you saw on the back wall was just flames. >> reporter: that fire never reached john carrington's home but powerful winds did. >>none of this is scorched in any single way. this is all wind.ù it was all wind. it was like a tornado. it was like a hurricane with fire and ash. >> reporter: with today's tamer weather, fire crews have the upper hand - even lifting some mandatory evacuations. still some people are st

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>> quijano: jonathan vigliotti, thank you.awaii dodged a direct hit by hurricane lane, which became tropical storm lane over the weekend. but, the big island was hit by more than four feet of rain. roads are washed out, homes are damaged, and dozens needed to be rescued. mireya villarreal is there. >> i could see the water coming in between the cracks and underneath. >> reporter: debris heading downstream jammed up this creek sending flood waters rushing into margo colins home, part of her foundation is now gone. have you stopped at all the things like what could have happened? >> no, not until i started talking about, realizing if these doors had not stayed, then i would have been dead. >> reporter: stranded, collins bod to be rescued friday morning along with her neighbors jillane and brian bosscher. >> it was terrifying. coming out, you underestimate the power of water. to come out in waist-deep in-- and you're hanging on to this rope for dear life, and your feet are still coming out for etderneath you. so, it was very scar

and jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: when pope john paul ii last visited ireland in 1979, 2 1/2 million catholics turned out. only a fraction of that crowd is expected to greet pope francis this weekend. >> it will be a different tone. i don't think everyone will be jumping for joy. >> reporter: one group of protesters is sending their own message allegedly getting hundreds of tickets to one event with no intention of showing up. the pope's visit unfolds in the shadow of yet another round of abuse allegations and cover ups. most prominently from the explosive pennsylvania grand jury report. cardinal who arrived here from chicago calls it a catalog of horrors. >> one sectioncrro pri who mar victims with crucifixes to identify the ones that were easier targets. are you worried that something like this could surface where you are? >> i think that if such a ring existed, we have the measures by which we could detect it. >> reporter: cardinal wuerl from washington and cardinal o'malley from boston canceled their trips to washington from those they suspect to be troubled priests.

jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: firefighters told us there's only so much they can do.lames are in the hanlds of mother nature. and take a look at how it brought flames right through the valley, ripping through the brush and vehicles before abruptly coming to a stop. them the winds changed direct, going this way sparing hundreds of homes in its paths. for the past few days, we have watched planes and helicopters douse the area with fire retardant. winds have died down, allowing evacuated residents to return home. last night the red cross handed out face mask and garbage bags to homeowners. and the first day of school has been pushed back a week because of poor air quality and cleanup. over 20,000 acres of this land reduced to ash. now the main concern looking forward, the rainy season and the possibility of mudslides. >>> well, coming up only on "cbs this morning," an update on the golden state killer as authorities plan to announce a new charge today against the suspect joseph desalvo. >>> plus, two indiana moms are demanding answers after a test revealed cancer-causin

jonathan vigliotti takes us inside the fire fight.seporter: we spent the past two days driving around this city, and everywhere you go, you'll see scenes like this-- firefighters with their hoses as they make their way dangerously close to home. it's the nightmare this community feared: a wall of thames bearing down on densely populated lake elsinore. thousands of homes in its path. homes dwarfed by the towering flames edging perilously close. std this... the last, desperate stand to save a neighborhood. what is truly amazing is that inmost all were spared, a testament to those on the front tenes. thy do you do this? >> i don't know. ou's something you enjoy doing. and, you know, you make a difference. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: we saw it ntrsthand, flames reaching into the yard of p.j. rodriguez's home, thick smoke, embers flying all around, his house saved. >> i had all the faith in these guys and trust, and they did what they were supposed to do. >> reporter: even with more than 1,000 firefighters battling the flames... >> i was j

concern now is the holy fire south of los angeles. 20,000 homes are under evacuation orders and jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: this is just the latest front line, thousands of homes southeast of los angelesee the all-out aerial assault, the holy fire continues to explode in size, a fire that officials say was deliberately set. >> do you know how this fire started? >> i have no idea. i was asleep. i had two ear plugs in. >> reporter: that was forrest clark's explanation before he was arrested and charged with arson. he lived at the holy jim campground wherehe fire began and destroyed 12 cabins. now, thousands of homes in lake elsinore lie in its path. the city's mayor minced no words. >> i'm pissed, i'm-- i'm-- i'm outraged. i'm disgusted one man caused this devastation for no apparent reason. >> reporter: the only question now is how bad it will get. at what point is this really in the hands of mother nature? >> 100% all the time. >> reporter: cal fire battalion chief tim chavez says they just haven't caught a break. today, yet agasin, brought more heat. could this fire grow as big as s

jonathan vigliotti is in lake elsinore with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. we've been here for the past couple of days and at least for now we've seen signs of relief. the temperature has drop, the winds have calmed down and along with all that, flames. it's the nightmare this community fear, bearing down on homes in lake elsinore. homes dwarfed by the perilous flames edging dangerously close, and this, last-ditch efforts to save a neighborhood. what's amazing is all of those were spared. >> why do you do this? >> i don't know. it's something you enjoy doing. we saw it firsthand, flames reaching into the hands of p.j.'s home. his home was safe. even were more than 1,000 firefighters battling the flames, some homes refused to uadan pritche watched his mobile home burn down. >> do you feel lucky? >> i do. i feel extremely lucky. >> reporter: numerous hot spots remain. about 20 thousand remain understood that evac yachlgts it only takes a little but of wind to turn these massive waves into flames. >> jonathan vigliotti. thank you very much. now to northern cali

jonathan vigliotti has the story from new grange island. >> reporter: what farmers consider a curse archaeologists a blessing. that drought revealed what can only be seen from a bird's eye view. and if you look closely across this field of wheat you can likely see several dark markings cile.e shape of a perfect theye not extraterrestrial, but they are a gateway to another world. hid nen an irish farmer's field, a discovery that's grabbed the world's attention. after a drone frafrp captured this just over a week ago. a perfect circle as wide as 1 1/2 football fields. >> when you first saw the aerials of these markings, what went on in your mind? >> well, my first thought was wow. my second thought was what's going on there, what is it? >> reporter: as archaeologist stephen davis explains, it is not alien but the remnants of a hennage, a kind of ancient community center built around 5,000 years ago. >> in the neolithic it was absolutely hopping. there were loads of people here doing things. >> reporter: it's similar to england's famous stonehenge. this irish version was likely built using wood to cr

jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: all along firefighters have told us there's only so much they could do. the fate of the fire is in the hands of mother nature. lock at the path the claims took. the high winds blougt them through the valley rushing through the rush before becoming to a stop. th winds then changed the direction staring ounce of ul. the fst put ways, we watched florida house them with affecting effect. wipds have died down giving firefighters the up the hand and allowing evacuated residents to return home. last night the red cross handed o out face masks and garbage bags to homeowner. the first day of school has been pushed back i, i think i'm as ready as i can be. i'm ready. but, clearly, i'm a little nervous. there are so many expectations. like, on the sticker, "city mileage this, highway that." uh, that's a lot to live up to. but i heard no gas gets better mileage than chevron with techron. yeah, no better mileage. it's proven. so that's a confidence builder. it's proven; no gas gets better mileage than chevron with techron. care for your car. so much for my n

jonathan vigliotti is in dublin. ter: good morning and the pope speaking the first time inside the dublin castle behind me where he took a bereave moment in the speech to address child abuse in churches, specifically here in ireland. he called them crimes. but most noticeably absent from that speech, any reference to the abuse allegations in pennsylvania. >> the pope's weekend visit to celebrate catholic faith and compassion has been overshadowed by the explosives grand jury report in pennsylvania, cataloging abuse by more than 30 oh priests. the last pope to visit imitator was john paul ii in 1979 greeted by 2.5 million faithful, five times the crowd expected for pope frans i suppose. >> young people of ireland, i love you. >> and i believed him. and it meant something to me. and a year 1/2 later i was raped by a priest the first time. and that continued two 1/2 years. >> he says he was abused when he was 14 years old. >> they covered up the crimes and allowed them to go unchecked. >> a series of abuse allegation hav

>> jonathan vigliotti, thank you. >>> hawaii dodged a direct hit by hurricane lane, which became tropical storm lane over the weekend. but the big island was hit by more than 4 feet of rain. roads are washed out, homes are damaged and dozens needed to be rescued. maria villareal is there. >> i could see the water coming between the crack and underneath. >> reporter: debris heading downstream jammed up this creek rushing into margot's home. part of her foundation is now gone. >>> have you stopped at all to think -- >> no. >> reporter: what could have happened? >> not until i started talking about -- realizing if these doors had not stayed, that i would have been dead. >> reporter: stranded, collins had to be rescued friday morning along with her neighbors jill ann and ryan boscher. >> it was terrifying. coming out, you just don't -- you under estimate the power of water. to come out and have your waist coming from under you, it was very scary. >> reporter: torrential rain has been relentless for nearly five days dousing the big island with 51 inches. downpours flooded out entire neighborho

jonathan vigliotti is in lak le. jonathan, good morning. >> good morning to you.ve heard from residents who feel like they're living in the middle of a war zone. we watch as these flames have ripped through all of this brush, at times sounding like small explosions. yesterday, two firefighters were injured. now the main concern, as this wind is expected to pick up, the thousands of homes that are in the path of this fire. massive flames raged up the mountain and into the backyards of this hillside neighborhood. some residents desperately sprayed down their homes and were forced to evacuate overnight as the flames closed in. hundreds of firefighters are battling the fast-moving fire that's threatening thousands of homes. as dozens of planes attack the blazes from the air. fire crews are dropping flame retardant on these flames. this is exactly what fire crews were afraid of. these flames, making their way over this hill so rapidly, directly in the line of sight of these homes. >> it's a terrain and fuels driven fire. >> reporter: the fire chief says firefighters ha

jonathan vigliotti is near the fire line in lake elsinore, jonathan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. the holy fire stands at about 5% contained this morning. you can see some of the flames, some as tall as trees. this blaze began in the national forest but has since grown dangerously close to homes. i want to show you one of the first lines of defense. this pink residue. it's actually fire retardant. dropped overnight from planes. as firefighters work to protect this neighborhood. massive flames shot up the ridge line as the holy fire pushed closer to densely populated hillside neighborhoods. families watch the fire inch down the hill as officials ordered homeowners to get out immediately. >> we're going to hang out here as long as we can and see what happens. if it gets super bad, then we'll leave. >> reporter: sweeped in close to the ground, dropping flame retardant on homes. >> we continue to bring assets. >> reporter: authorities arrested this man late tuesday, 51-year-old forest clark. they say physical evidence and witness statements connected him to the f

>> jonathan vigliotti in dublin, thank you. >> sister liz murphy, can we hear more from her?hurch. >> instituting reform. she's terrific. >> i'm praying for sister liz murphy. >> me, too. >>> a connecticut man is the first u.s. airman to receive the military's highest award in more than 40 years. ahead, air force sergeant john chapman is honored posthumously at the white house. that's just about two minutes away. ♪ >>> president trump awarded air force technical sergeant john chapman the medal of honor at the white house. he was killed during a 2002 rescue mission in afghanistan. mr. trump presented the nation's highest award for valor to chapman's widow. >> john gave his life for his fellow warriors. through his extraordinary sacrifice, john helps save more than 20 american service members. >> an animation provided by the air force shows how chapman jumped out of a bunker to confront al qaeda militants and was shot. his special ops team thought he rcemts could land by ted without helicopter. chapman is the first u.s. airman to receive the medal of honor since the vietnam war